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INTRODUCTORY'. 

riiere is good in all systems of Physical Education, but there 
is more good in some than in others. Being more or less fa- 
miliar with every system extant, I have no hesitancy in declaring 
in favor of a system that did more in six years than any other 
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Brcalhing, Ventilation, Underivear, Insulation, Color of Cloth- 
ing, etc., etc. 

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A FEW POINTERS. 

Tire a muscle (not yourself) if you desire its greatest devel- 
opment. This, however, is not necessary to secure general con- 
tour of figure. 

Only forty minutes are required to take all the exercises 
herein given. If you do not need all, do not take all. Of this 
you must be the judge. Believing, as I do, that every part of 
the body needs daily exercise, I take all of them daily; all (ex- 
cept the floor exercises) immediately after arising; all of the 
floor exercises before retiring. 

Whatever you do, be it never so little, do it regularly and sys- 
tematically. 

Do not hold the breath while exercising. Contract the muscles 
as if you were overcoming an actual resistance. When a muscle 
is brought to its greatest tension, it should be held a moment, 
then thoroughly relaxed. 

To hold your breath when exercising is to let your muscles 
tear down at a rapid rate. The carbon dioxide accumulates very 
fast in the muscles and if you shut off the supply of blood or 
impoverish it, particularly during vigorous exercise, it is surely 
a tearing down instead of a building up process ; whereas, if you 
breathe continuously and rhythmically, fresh blood flows to the / 
parts exercised. The gasping that follows the too long holding 
of the breath during exercise is liable to injure the valves of the 
heart.- 

Bear in mind that muscles are not made better merely by 
working them, but by nourishing them ; also, by giving them fresh 
blood upon which to feed regularly. 

To extract the maximum amount of work from all the slow, 
tense exercises (those that have an interval of rest) the mus- 
cular contraction at the end must be positive; i. e., when you 



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have clone all you can (?), just do a little more, give an extra 
squeeze, impulse or contraction before relaxing. 

Full contraction of a muscle is absolutely necessary to pro- 
duce the best results ; i. e., the greatest possible shortening of 
which a muscle is susceptible. To illustrate. If a twelve-inch 
muscle is contracted to the full — say. seven inches — then fresh 
blood, necessary to its nr.trition. is caused to tlow ihrough all 
its smallest vessels; but this is not tlie case if the muscle is con- 
tracted to only eight inches. The contraction must be the fullest 
possible, whatever may be the shape of the muscle. 



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*AcfUsc not Nature ; she hath done her pan: 

Do tJiou hut thine." 

—Milton. 



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CORRECT POSITION. 

Standing. 

Sec Fii^. I. 

Correct position means the harmonic poise of the entire body. 
The chest should be prominent; the hips and abdomen drawn 
back, the chin drawn in, slightly. 

The w^eight of the body should be neither upon the heels nor 
too far forward, but about midway between the two extremes. 
Do not bow back nor bend forward nor allow the chest to sink. 

When you have correct standing position you will be able to 
rise on your toes and descend again to your heels without strik- 
ing them heavily or bearing your weight thereon. In thus ascend- 
ing and descending, the body will not sway either l)ackw\'ird or 
forward. 

To know what the correct position is, is one thing; to get it, 
IS quite another, but to retain it habitually is the sum total of the 
"knowing" and the "getting." 



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CORRECT POSITION. 

Sitting. 

Sec Fig. 2. 

When sitting at the desk to write or at the table to eat, one 
rule holds good : viz., do not have your chair too close to the 
desk or table. Sit as far back in the chair as you can without 
your back touching the chair back. Avoid stooping. Incline your 
body from the hips, not from the waist. Keep your eye (your 
mental eye) on your backbone. That right ; all right. But it is 
never right (in either a standing or sitting posture) if there is a 
hump in it. 



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CORRECT POSITION. 

Walking. 

Sec Fig. 3. 

To obtain a graceful carriage of the body — strength and grace 
combined — it is essential that the head be well poised, the chest 
prominent (the abdomen, not too much in evidence), the step 
firm but elastic. 

He unconscious of the legs except as a means of support. Walk, 
as it were, from the chest. The walls of the chest should be 
raised and fixed (muscularly), the breathing at the waist (dia- 
phragmatic), the mouth closed. 

The athlete should show that he is an athlete at all times and 
on all occasions ; he should show it because he can't Jiclp showing 
it ; he should show it by his activity in repose, his clear com- 
plexion, his bright eye, his buoyancy and his general manly bear- 
ing. 



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DIAPHRAGMATIC BREATHING. 
Abdominal. 

Sec Fig. 4. 

Place the tips of the fingers firmly just below the base of the 
sternum (breastbone), about over the pit of the stomach. Stand 
erectly, but do not incline the body backward lest you tense the 
muscles of the abdomen. Inhale (through the nostrils) slowly 
but fully, causing a strong outward pressure against the fingers 
(not below). Check the movement a moment, then slowdy expel 
all the air possible, the fingers following the relaxing muscles. 

Should you have any difficulty to get a strong movement of 
these abdominal muscles, lie on the floor flat upon your back, and 
place a heavy book or other object directly over the spot on which 
you pressed the fingers. Raise the object by the breathing. You 
will thus gain control of the breathing and, at the same time, 
greatly strengthen the abdominal muscles. 











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DIAPHRAGMATIC BREATHING. 

Intercostal. 

See fig. 5- 
Place the back of the fingers against the ribs and while press- 
ing firmly, inhale slowly and fully, causing a strong outward 
pressure against the fingers. Check the movement a moment, then 
slowly expel all the air possible, the fingers following the reced- 
ing movement. 



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DIAPHRAGMATIC BREATHING. 

Dorsal, 

Sec Fig. 6. 

Place the hands to the small of the back, the thumbs pressing 
on each side of the spinal column. Inhale slowly and fully, caus- 
ing an outward pressure against the thumbs. Check the move- 
ment a moment, then slowly expel all the air possible, the thumbs 
following the receding movement. 




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DIAPHRAGMATIC BREATHING. 
Belt. 

Sec Fig. y. 

Draw around you an imaginary, elastic belt. Span as much of 
the waist as possible. Inhale slowly and fully, exerting an equal 
pressure front, sides and back. Check the movement a moment, 
then slowly expel all the air possible, the hands following the re- 
laxing of the waist muscles. 

You wmII observe that this is a combination of the three forms 
of exercises previously given. After gaining perfect control of 
the abdominal, intercostal and dorsal breathing, then, in all exer- 
cises requiring deep brerthing. use the latter fo:-m — the belt. 



FIG. 8 




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ACTIVE AND PASSIVE CHEST. 

Sec Figs. 8 and Q. 

By an a^^-ri/e chest. I mean that the chest should be raised to 
its highest petition iiiusciilarly; i. e., independent!}^ of the breath- 
ing — purely a muscular exercise ; the passive chest being a com- 
plete relaxinj^ of the muscles. 

I am not ^ti advocate of clavicular breathing to the extent of 
the raising or the clavicle (collar bone). All breathing should 
begin at the waist (diaphragm) and then extend upward, but 
zvithout lifting flic upper chest. 

The mobility of the chest can be obtained and retained by mus- 
cular act'on — active to passive, passive to active, etc., and by ex- 
ercising the shoulder, back and chest muscles as hereinafter indi- 
cated 





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FOREARMS AND FINGERS. 

Sec Figs. 10 and ii. 

With the arms full length hanging at side, open and shut the 
fingers alternately. This should he done very slowly and pow- 
erfully as if resisting an opposing force. 

Extend the fingers and thumbs, in opening the hand, as if some 
one exerted a strong pressure against each finger and thumb and 
almost prevented your opening the hand, extending the digitals 
to the utmost. Relax, retaining position of fingers. 

Starting from this point, tense fingers and thumbs, and grad- 
ually close the hands against the same resisting force, clenching 
the fist as tightly as possible before relaxing and repeating. 

Ten or more times. 



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FOREARMS AND FINGERS. 

Sec Figs. 12 and 13. 

Extend the arms full length at side, palms down. Grasp, tight- 
ly, an imaginary or ligli^t dumbbell or rubber grips. 

Without lowering the arms, draw the hands as far underneath 
as possible. This should be done slowly as if resisting an op- 
posing force. Relax. Again tensing the muscles, raise the hands 
slowly to position and above as far as possible (without raising 
the arms), resisting the same imaginary opposing force. 

Ten or more times. 




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NECK. 

Sec Fig. 14. 

Imagine that some one is trying to choke you, and you have no 
other recourse than to tense your neck muscles. 

Think strongly, as it were, at the neck and, through the action 
of your thought, you can swell the neck muscles as if actually 
overcoming a strong resistance. 

Ten or more times. 



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ABDOMEN, BACK, SHOULDERS, ARMS. 

Sec Figs, ij and i6. 

With the body resting only on the pahns of the hands and on 
the toes, raise and lower the body slowly — without getting your 
back up. 

Push the body up full length of the arms and then lower it 
until the face nearly touches the floor. Do this very slowly, but 
do not allow the body to sag in going down nor to curve the other 
way in going up. From the head to the feet it should remain 
as rigid as a log. 

Ten or more times. 











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SIDES, SHOULDERS, ARMS, BACK. 

See Fig. 17. 

Tense your arms to the utmost — after pushing them out a short 
distance from the sides of the body — and then bring them to- 
zvard, but not quite to, the body, checking them in opposition to 
a strong imaginary force. 

This exercise — so difficult to make plain through the medium 
of the pen — is not only one of the most fascinating, but one that 
exercises a set of muscles that is rarely, ofherwise, developed. 

Twenty-five times. 



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ABDOMEN, SHOULDERS, CHEST, BACK. 

Sec Figs. i8 and 19. 

Raise the hands high above the head as if to touch the ceil- 
ing, bend sHghtly backward to get an impulse for the swinging 
forward. Keep the arms extended and as 3-ou sway forward 
touch the hands to the floor (or try to) zvithoiit bending the 
knees. Then bring the body up to position and as far back as 
you can without undue straining, swinging the arms up and back 
of the head. 

C AUTio-N— A kvays bend the knees zvhen going backzcard. 

Fifty times; back and forth, counting one. 



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ABDOMEN, SHOULDERS, CHEST, HIPS. 

Sec Figs. 20 and 21. 

As you raise the right arm — fully extended — and swing it up 
over your head, bend your body as far to the left as possible 
(straight to the left) keeping both feet solidly upon the floor. 

Then swing the body as far as possible to the right, raising 
the left arm and lowering the right ; keeping both feet solidly 
upon the floor. Tense the arms. 

Twenty-five times ; right and left counting one. 



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ABDOMEN AND HIPS. 

Liver Squeezer. 

See Figs. 22 and 23. 

Stand perfectly erect. Twist the body sloivly to the right and 
slowly to the left. Do not move the feet. This may be taken 
with the arms akimbo until accustomed to the movement, then 
the arms may be tensed and swung right and left as though 
striking at some one on each side as right or left is used. 

Fifteen times; right and left counting one. 

Note.— The three exercises just preceding are known through- 
out the land as my "pet exercises." There are no series of move- 
ments better adapted for obtaining and retaining the suppleness 
of the waist muscles and for reducing or preventing excessive 
flesh on the hips and abdomen. To be effectual, however, they 
must be taken the full quota of times and with daily regularity. 



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ABDOMEN. 

See Figs. 24 and 25. 

Lie flat upon the back, the arms stretched above the head 
and in line with the body. Draw up both knees, clasp them with 
the hands, press them firmly against the abdomen, exhaling as 
you press. Then inhale deeply as you extend the arms and legs 
in opposite directions — back to position. 

Twenty-five times. 



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UPPER ARMS. 

Sec Figs. 26 and 27. 

Extend the arms horizontally. Tense the arms, close your 
hands half zvay (thumb and fingers opposing each other). Pull 
both hands straight for the shoulders; pull slowly as if resisting 
an opposing force. Make the muscular contraction very positive 
at the end of every movement. Relax. Push the hands back to 
position slowly as if resisting an opposing force. Extend arms 
to the utmost. Relax. 

Do not allow the elbows to lower in either movement. 

Seven times. 



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UPPER ARMS. 

Sec Figs. 28 and 29. 

Extend the arms horizontally. Hands half closed, palms 
down. Tense the arms. Think of the arms as a strong steel rod. 
Rotate the arms as far to the right and as far to the left as 
possible — ver}' slowly, and as if resisting an opposing force. 

jir order to retain the arms in position, imagine each hand 
turning, as it were, in a hole in the wall. 

Seven times. 



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SPALDING'S ATHLETIC LIBRARX. 



UPPER ARMS. 

See Figs. '^0 and 31. 

Bow the legs. Arms at side, close to the body. Hands half- 
closed, palms forward. Tense the arms. Lift both hands, slowly, 
as if lifting a very heavy weight in each hand. Close the arms 
with a positive muscular contraction. Relax. Tense hands and 
arms again and lower them, slowly, as if resisting an opposing 
force. 

Seven times. 



SPALDING'S ATHLETIC LIBRARY. 49 



CALF AND FOREARM. 

See Fig. 32. 

Standing in the correct position — the weight of the hody over 
the center of the feet — raise the heels as far as possible from the 
floor and lower them again to position wMthout swaying the body 
forward and backward. Rise slowdy, and settle very lightly on 
the heels. 

As you rise, tense your entire body and imagine a very power- 
ful person holding his hands on your shoulders. This wnll neces- 
sitate z'ery slozv movement with great resistance. As 3'ou de- 
scend, the same force is used to overcome an imaginary resist- 
ance — as if powerful hands were placed under your arms. 

Seven times. 

Fifty times, when taking the movements more rapidly — with- 
out the resistance. These, for the sake of suppleness, should 
follow^ the resisting exercise. At the same time close and open 
the hands as in exercises Nos. 10 and 11. 



SPALDING'S ATHLETIC LIBRARY. 51 



THIGHS. 

See Fig. 33. 

The squatting exercise. Settle the body as nearly as possible 
on the heels as they rise from the floor — the knees well apart. 
Then rise to position. 

Tense 3'Oiir entire body as you slowly descend against an imag- 
inary resisting force. Do the same as you rise. The slower 
and the greater force exerted the more rapid and complete the 
development. 

Seven times. 

Twenty-five times rapidly, without resistance. There is no bet- 
ter exercise to give elasticity to one's step. 



SPALDING'S ATHLETIC LIBRARY. 53 



THIGHS AND KNEES. 

Sec Fig. 34. 

Resting the left hand, lightly, on back of chair (for balance) 
and weight of body on left foot, KICK vigorously forward and 
out with right leg, and recover quickly. 

The same with the left leg — the right hand on back of chair 
and the right leg bearing the weight of the body. 

Take this mildly at first so as to avoid any undue strain of ten- 
don or ligament. 

Fifty times with each foot. 



SPALDING'S ATHLETIC LIBRARY. 55 



HIPS, THIGHS, KNEES. 

Sec Fig. 35. 

Resting the weight on the left foot, the left hand on the hip 
or chair, extend the right arm to its fullest extent, palm of hand 
toward the floor, the arm on a level with the shoulder (or 
higher). Kick high enough with the right foot to touch the toes 
to the palm of the hand — zvithout lozvering the hand. 

Then, resting the weight on the right foot, repeat the movement 
with the left foot. 

Ten times — each foot. 



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ABDOMEN. 

Sec Fig. 36. 

Lie flat upon the back. Tense the arms alongside the body, 
but not resting them on the floor. Tense the legs. Lift them 
and lower them slowly, without bending the knees. Keep the 
legs together. Do not allows the head to rise from the floor. 

Seven times — up and down — without the legs or heels resting 
upon the floor until the seventh time. 

Caution. — Do not hold the breath. Lihale as the legs ascend; 
exhale as they descend; or, as is my rule in general, let the 
breathing take care of itself, providing you do not restrict it. 



SPALDING'S ATHLETIC LIBRARY. 59 



CHEST AND SHOULDERS. 

Sec Figs. 3/ and 38. 

Bow the legs. Extend arms to the side. Tense arms and half- 
closed hands. Bring them to the front on a hne with the shoul- 
ders ; then back to position without lowering the arms. This 
should be done rapidly and very vigorously. 

Fifteen times, without stopping. 

Caution. — Do not hold the breath. 





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CHEST AND SHOULDERS. 

Sec Figs. 39 and 40. 

Bow the legs. Bring the half-closed hands to the front near 
the body, palms up, the fingers toward each other, the arms not 
fully extended but bent at elbow, forming a sort of half circle. 
Tense the arms and hands very strongly and swing them out 
and up at the sides, almost above the head, completing the circle 
without opening the arms. Rapidly and vigorously. 

Fifteen times, without stopping. 

Caution. — Do not hold the breath.. 



SPALDING'S ATHLETIC LIBRARY. 



CHEST AND SHOULDERS. 

See Figs. 41 and 42. 

Bow the legs. Bring the half-closed hands toward the body, 
thumbs almost touching each other, elbows extending somewhat 
sidewise. Tense the arms and hands and swing them up in front 
and above the head without changing the relative position of the 
hands and arms. Up and back to position rapidly a)»»d vigorously. 

Fifteen times without stopping. 

Caution. — Do not hold the breath. 



SPALDING'S ATHLETIC LIBRARY. 



CHEST AND SHOULDERS. 

See Fig. 43. 

Bow the legs. Tense the arms and half-closed hands, extend- 
ing one arm up and forward, the other down and back. Swing 
the arms, alternately, down and back, up and front, keeping per- 
fect time. Keep the arms perfectly straight and at the side, not 
allowing the body to twist. Keep the tension of the arms 
throughout. 

Twenty-five times without stopping. 

Caution. — Do not hold the breath. 



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NECK AND CHEST. 

See Figs. 44, 45, 46. 47, 48 and 49. 

Have the head well poised. Bend it as far forward as possible 
— chin to chest, and then as far backward. Do not move the 
body. 

Have the head well poised. Endeavor to lay the ear upon the 
shoulder — first right, then left. Do not move the body from side 
to side nor allow the shoulders to lift. Keep the eyes toward 
the ceiling- (about 45 degrees) in order to keep the correct posi- 
tion of the head. 

Have the head w^ell poised. Turn it to the right and left alter- 
nately — without moving the body. 

n you desire muscular development of the neck, tense the mus- 
cles as if someone was placing the hand against the head to pre- 
vent the various movements. 

K you desire flexibility take the movements without tensing 
or resisting. 

Fifteen times forward and back. 

Ten times side to side. 

Five times, turning or twisting right and left. 



SPALDING'S ATHtETlC LIBRARY. 91 



ABDOMEN. 

Sec Pigs. 30 and 31. 

Lie flat upon the h^ck. Extend the arms full length above the 
head resting them upon the floor. Tense the arms and legs. 
Raise them both sinuiltaneously, arms and legs toward each other 
above the body. The legs kept together and unbent. Do not 
allow the head to rise from the floor. 

Seven times— up and down— wMthout the legs or heels resting 
upon the floor until the seventh time. 

Caution.— Do not hold the breath. Inhale as the legs and 
arms ascend, and exhale as they descend; or, as is my usual 
custom, let the breathing take care of itself, providing it is not 
restricted. 





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ABDOMEN. 

Sec Figs. 32 and 33. 

Lie flat upon the back. Fold the arms easily across the chest. 
Rise to a sitting posture without allowing the heels to lift from 
the floor or the knees to rise. Lower the body as slowly as you 
rise. Keep the legs flat upon the floor. 

If your abdominal muscles are not sufficiently strong, at first, 
to do this without a jerk or without lifting the legs, place the 
feet under the dresser, couch or some other object until the 
muscular contraction is sufficient of itself to raise and lower the 
body slowly. 

As this movement has an interval of rest at the end of the sit- 
ting and lying posture, I would suggest that you inhale before 
each movement and exhale at the close, i.e., inhale before rising, 
exhale after rising; inhale before returning, exhale after re- 
turning. 

Seven times, up and down. 



SPALDING'S ATHLKTIG LIBRAUY, 75 



ARMS AND SHOULDERS. 

See Figs. 54, 55 and 56. 

(i) Lock the thumbs together. Extend the arms downward 
close to the body. Pull vigorously and steadily for a moment 
or two. Then lock the forefingers and do likewise ; then the 
middle hngers ; then the third (or ring) fingers; then the little 
fingers ; then grip the ends of all the fingers of one hand with the 
ends of all the fingers of the other hand. 

(2) Repeat the foregoing with the hands higher up — the fore- 
arms at right angles with the upper arms. 

(3) Repeat the foregoing with the hands higher up — about 
opposite the neck. 



SPALDING'S ATHLETIC LIBRARY. Tl 



ARMS AND SHOULDERS. 

See Figs. S7 and ^8. 

(4) Repeat the exercise on previous page, with the hands back 
of the head. 

(5) Repeat the foregoing by starting at the last position and 
ending at the first by a steady attempt to pull apart from start 
to finish. During the entire passage the arms should be fully 
extended after raising them above the head and moving forward. 

Avoid bending backward ; rather incline the body forward. 



SPALDING'S ATHLETIC LIBRARY. 79 



ANOTHER LIVER-SQUEEZER. 

Sec Figs. 59 and 60. 

Stand erect, arms outstretched, feet 20 inches apart, abdomen 
drawn back. 

Bend to the left, flexing the left knee, but keeping the right leg 
straight. Touch the floor with the left hand, by the side of the 
foot. 

Recover, make a momentary pause, and reverse the movement 
by flexing the right knee, keeping the left leg straight and touch- 
ing the floor with the right hand, by the side of the foot. 

Keep the abdomen well drawn in, especially when returning to 
position. 

Ten times side to side. 



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SPALDING'S ATHLETIC LIBRART. 



A REST FOR BODY AND BRAIN. 

Sec Figs. 6 1 and 62. 

Place the hands back of the head. Interlace the fingers. Lean 
slightly backward and move the body sidewise — right and left — ■ 
stretching the body to the ntmost. Relax the mind as you stretch 
the body. 

This need not be taken at any specified time nor any number of 
times, but when brain or body needs a recreative exercise. 



SPALDING'S ATHLETIC LIBRARY. 8^ 



CALF, SHIN, ANKLE, FOREARM. 

Scr figs. 63 and 64. 

Sit. Extend the legs straight in front, high enough for the 
feet to escape the floor. E'jctend the arms down by your side. 
Tense the arms and legs. Close and open the hands as in 
exercises Nos. 10 and 11. As you close the hands with a firm 
grip, draw the ball of the foot firmly toward your body (heels 
pressed forward). As you open the hands and extend the fin- 
gers, press the ball of the foot firmly forward (the heels toward 
the body). Do not raise or lower the legs. 

Twentv-five times. 



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ABDOMEN, SIDES, BACK, SHOULDERS. 

See Fi'^s. 65 and 66. 

Sit on the fioor, body erect. Hold a rod or stick in the hands; 
knuckles up. 

Work the body right and left, as when paddling a canoe with 
a single oar. Carry each movement to the extreme turning 
point, the face following the movements of the hands. Endeavor 
to look directly to the rear, forcing the leading hand (the lower 
one) as far as possible. Do not allow the legs to move. This 
is an excellent exercise for the liver and kidneys. 

Twentv-five times. 




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SPALDING'S ATHLETIC LIBRARY. 87 



ABDOMEN AND THIGHS. 

Sec fig. 6/. 

Lie on the right side, supporting the head with the hand, ihe 
other hand on the hip. 

Raise the left leg as far as possible. Keep the leg perfectly 
straight as you tense it and carry it as far forward and as far 
backward as possible. Point the foot downward. Endeavor to 
move the leg horizontally. 

Turn over and repeat the exercise with the right leg. 

Twenty-five times ; each leg. 



88 SPALDING'S ATHLETIC LIBRARY. 



A CHAPTER FROM A BUSY LIFE. 

Written for Health Culture, 151 West Twenty-third Street, 
New York. 
My Dear Mr. 'J'unier: 

About once a >ear I get around to make my bow to the readers 
of Health Culture, to let them know that I am neither dead nor 
sleepeth, but, instead, as the years go by, my enthusiasm for per- 
fect health and manly strength keeps ever apace with the times. 

As figures do not lie (except in election returns), I trust 
that the following comparative table will prove to your many 
readers that the fool doctor of Chicago was entirely off his base 
when he declared that a man could not and should not attempt 
to develop, physically, after reaching thirty-five years of age. 
This statement is about as absurd as that of Dr. Osier, who 
claims that a man's usefulness is over at forty and that he should 
be chloroformed at sixty, and laid on the shelf. 

Last Saturday (April 29) I celebrated my birthday anniversary 
(fifty-eight) in my usual way. by riding as many miles on my 
wdieel (before breakfast) as T am years old — or, I should say, 
years young. You see. I am within two years of the chloroform 
period, but it would take a mighty good man to lay me on the 
shelf, or even on my back. 

While I am interested in the physical education of the young 
of both sexes, I am especially interested in the betterment of the 
physical condition of those persons having reached or having 
passed the foretieth or fiftieth milestone: — an age at which they 
are liable to let up in their active physical life. T desire to assure 
them that letting up in daily exercise means letting down in 
health. 

Of course, the average man or woman of middle age does not 
nossess the vigor of youth ; however. I think it possible (as in 
my own case). Yet, as the mind has a most wonderful effect 
upon the body, I would suggest that the thought of health and 
strength should be constantly held, and then appropriate exer- 



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SPALDING'S ATHLETIC LIBRARY. 89 

else taken to conform with that thought ; then, add to this, right 
living. 

;ked as to the indications of heaUh I would answer : 

Correct position of the body. 

Correct carriage of the body. 

A Hght and elastic step. 

A clear complexion. 

A bright eye. 

A sweet breath. 

An odorless body. 
These, all of these, may be obtained and then retained until 
long after passing three-score-and-ten. 

If I were asked how to get and how to keep health (health is 
wholeness, so there is no modification or qualification of that 
term; no good health nor poor health nor tolerable health— just 
health), I would call attention to seven more important factors, 

viz. : 

1. We eat and drink to make blood. 

2. We should exercise to circulate it, 

3. We should breathe deeply to oxy- 
genate (purify) it. Then keep normally 
and naturally active the four eliminating 
agents : 

4. The bowels. 

5. The skin. 

6. The lungs. 

7. The kidneys. 

To do this we should eat wholesome food (eating no more than 
the system requires), bathe daily (the temperature of the bath 
being suited more to the needs of the body than to the whims 
of the mind), exercise regularly (not spasmodically), and be 
temperate in all things. 

Any one can theorize, but to live up to one's theory is quite 
another question. I am willing to be measured by the same 
standard wherewith I measure; therefore to encourage any that 
"may have come tardy off" I submit the following figures, which 
plainly indicate that I take my own medicine : 



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I have no record of measurements previous to 1895. I re- 
member, however, that my weight in 1871 ( during my "sparring 
bouts" with my old chum, Charlie Xolting. in the old Fourth 
Street gymnasium, in Cincinnati, Ohio,) was then but 145 
pounds. 

From 1895 to 1898 the measurements remained about the same, 
but in the latter part of 1898 (having passed my fifty-first birth- 
day anniversary) I formulated my system of tense exercises 
(double contraction), wdiich I now take daily. 

Note the increase in the measurements of the forearm, upper 
arm, neck, calf, thigh and chest; the decrease in waist and hip 
measurements, and the great decrease in weight since 1895. 

It will be observed that in 1902 I dropped dow^n to 167 pounds 
(the lowest in twenty j^ears). This was due to a change of 
diet — but only in one respect, viz. : the complete cutting out of 
meat for a period of three month:.. This occurred during our 
never-to-be-forgotten sojourn in that most charming city, country 
and climate — Victoria, I>. C. 

During th'at period I made no other change in my habits, but 
rode my wheel, as usual, in the early morning hours (covering 
1,039 miles), and ate, as usual, but two meals a day. 

Not being a vegetarian, I did not partake of those vegetables 
that are a substitute for meat (beans, peas, lentils), except occa- 
sionally the former. This was not because I do not believe in 
them, but because I do not like them. In the place of meat I ate 
eggs and cheese, daily. Notwithstanding the fact that I ate 
cereals with an abundance of sugar and cream, more potatoes in 
the three months than I would usually eat in a year, cheese (of 
which I am exceedingly fond) ; these and other fattening foods, 
I lost in weight instead of gaining. Physiologically considered, 
this may seem to be almost paradoxical ; but not so. In the 
ordinary run of life this would make one very fleshy (adipose 
tissue), but my exercise was so vigorous that instead of this food 
forming fat cells it was consumed as heat for the necessary 
muscular energy. 

The result as regards health? I was3 have since been, am 



92 SrALDIXCS ATHLETIC I.IBKARY. 

HOW, and always shall be well — perfectly well every minute of 
every clay. Yes. I have gone back to the ilesh-pots of Egypt, but 
I am not an extremist. When T want meat I eat it. Nature 
makes out my bill of fare and when she calls for meat it is 
forthcoming; sometimes once a day, for two or three days in 
succession ; sometimes onh- three or four times a month. There- 
in I know I am not a slave to appetite. 

It is not so much what you eat as how ytni cat, not how^ much 
nor how litile you eat. Out of my thirty-seven years' experience 
it took me twenty years to learn this little, simple, yet funda- 
mental principle; to learn, also, that physical training, per sc, 
is but half the battle; that health, strength and longevity depend 
equalh^ as much upon right living; that every man should be a 
law^ unto himself, but he must understand the law. I have no 
patience with ihe extremists or the faddists only insomuch as 
they get people out of a rut and cause them to think for them- 
selves. 

T trust that this little message may be the means of arousing 
to action some casual reader of H. C. (the regular readers "need 
no spur to prick the sides of their intent"). Then, in conclusion, 
I say — Begin iiozi'! 

"How wise we are when the chance has g-one 
And a backward glance we cast; 
We know just the thing we should have done 
When the time to do is past.'' 

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Clh©stt WengS^t H®. 2 

No. 2. A good machine for home use. 
Well made and easy running. Rods 
are'Vi-inch coppered spring steel. Bear- 
ings are hardened steel cone points 
running in soft, gray iron, noiseless 
and durable. Weight carriage packed 
with felt, good for long wear, but easily 
removed and replaced when necessary 
without the use of glue or \yedges of 
any kind. Weight carriage strikes on 
rubber bumpers. Weights are 5-pound 
iron dumb bells, one to each carriage, 
and may be removed and used as 
dumb bells. Wall and floorboards are 
hard wood, nicely finished and stained. All castings heavily japanned. 
Every part of machine guaranteed free of defect. 





Chest Weight No. 2 




illustrations show movements with above type 
of machine, with notes as to corrective effects. 
Complete course of exercises given in Spalding's 
Athletic Library, No. 161, "Ten Minutes Exercise 
for Busy Men," by Luther Halsey Gulick, M.D. 
Price 10 cents. 

Elxercise No. 3 (see cut). Strengthens back, 
upper arm and upper back. Especially good 
in correcting round shoulders and flat chest. 

Exercise No. 4 (see cut). Strengthens all waist 
muscles, aids digestion, corrects constipation, 
develops hips. 

Exercise No. 5 (see cut). Corrects round should- 
ers and flat chest, develops whole back arm. 

Exercise No. 6 (see cut). Aids digestion, cor- 
rects constipation, reduces size of abdomen. 



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Spalding Chest Weight No. 5 and Attachments 

Spalding Head and Neck Attachment 



Spalding 
Chest Weight No. 5 

The movements for which 
this machine was specially 
designed are calculated to 
correct defects incident to 
school and office work, 
correct flat chest, round 
shoulders, forward head, 
regulate digestion and as- 
sist nature in the elimina- 
tion of the waste products 
of the system, and in con- 
junction with the bath to 
produce that buoyant feel- 
ing which makes life really 
worth living. To get best 
results enter into the exer- 
cises as described and il- 
^:^ lustrated in "Pulley Weight 
Exercises," Spalding Ath- 
letic Library, No. 29, price 
cents, with your whole 
being, so as to induce copi- 
ous perspiration. 

No. 5. Because of its adjust- 
ment feature.which permits 
of all lower, as well as direct 
chest movements, this ma- 
chine is ideal for home use. 
The various changes are 
made by raising or lower- 
ing the center arm, requir- 
ing but a few seconds. It 
^ " " " really combines two ma- 

chines in one, and is particularly suitable -where space is a con- 
sicjeration. Japan finish. Each machine is equipped with sixteen 
pounds of weights. 

Spalding Chest Weight* may be put up in a few minutes 




No. 3. Heavy cowhide. Ready for use by simply 
snapping to one of the handles or both. Each, $1.50 
For business men. Overcomes tendency to forward 
head, due to continuous work at desk. For women, 
will help develop a nicely rounded neck. This 
attachment, together with special center arm move- 
ments, as shown in- cut B, and exercise with foot and 
leg attachment, sl)own in cilt C, will" produce an 
absolutely erect carriage. 




Spalding Foot and Leg Attachment 

No. 2. Heavy cowhide. Readily attached to one handle 
or both; can be worn with or without shoe. Ela., $1.50 
This provides a local exerciser for all muscles of the 
leg. As such it is an excellent device for strengthening 
weak muscles, toning up others and giving exercise 
to stiff joints. 







To Widen the Chest 

mat with fe 
alleys. 



To Deepen the Chest 

Lying on the mat, feet toward the machine (ropes 
through lower pulleys), swing arms forward and over 
the head (not sideways) as far as possible. Keep 
elbows rigid. Inhale as the arms swing forward over 
the head ; exhale as the arms return. 
For extremely stout business men particularly, the exercises shown in Cuts D and E will over- 
come, to a large extent, breathlcssness, due to climbing stairs, etc. Never exercise within two 
,hours after eating. 



Lying on the mat with feet toward the machine, place 
the cords in lower pulleys, pull the cords over the head 
sideways, keeping the arms and hands close to the floor, 
elbows stiff. Inhale as the arms swing sideways over 
the head ; exhale as they return. 



Illustrating Special Exet^ 

cise with No. 5 Cheit 

Weight for Producing 

Erect Carriage. >^ 

Bend body forward and Hex 
thighs. Pull from floor. Thi» 

lower back and thighs and 
part of upper back.. 



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SpaMiiffig Gold Medal Wood BtuHnmfe Bell; 



Special skill is used 



Model A Dumb 1 



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NicUel-Plated Dumb Bells, with Rubber 



turning Spalding wood dumb bells. .They feel right because they are 
Model A. Natural Color, Lathe Polished, High Finish 

Spalding Gold Medal Dumb Bells are made of 
selected first grade clear maple, and are perfect 
in balance. Each bell bears fac-simile of the 
Spalding Gold Medal. Each pair !s wrapped in 
paper bag. Weights specified are for each bell. 

', lb. Bells. 1 lb. Bells 2 lb. Bells. 

V lb. Bells. .I>nb. Bells. 



Spalding Trade-Mark Wood Dumb 

Bells Model AW. ^Stained Finish) 
Spalding Trade-Mark quality. Madeofgood mate- 
rial and superior in shape and finish to the best wood 
dumb bells of other makes. Each pair wrapped in 
paper bag. Weights specified are for each bell 

4 lb. Bells. I lb. Bells. 2 lb. Bells. 

h lb. Bells. I '< lb. Bells, 

Spalding Iron Dumb Bells 

Made on approved models, nicely balanced and fin- 
ished in black enamel. Sizes 2 to 40 lbs 6c. if DC. lb. 
Over 40 lbs.. 8c. lb. 

Bar Bells, weight 25 lbs. or more for complete Bar 
Bell, supplied regularly with steel handles, length 
3 feet between bells. . . 12c. lb. * lOYiC. lb. 
Bar Bells, weight 25 lbs. or more for complete Bar 
Bell, with steel handles, either shorter or longer than 
regular length as noted above. 15c. lb. -^ 7.^' '.■("./<?>. 
f -OS for Bar Bells weighing other than above qu'-fcd 
on application. 

Quantity prices in italics preceded by if will be 

allowed on 25 lbs. or more of iron dumb bells or 

100 lbs. or more of bar bells 

Spalding Nickel-Plated Dumb Bells (Nickei-Piated , 

No. IN. I lb Bell No.3N. 3 lb. Bell 

No. 2N. 2 lb. Bell No. 4N. 4 lb. Bell 

No. 5N. 5 lb. Bell 

WITH RUBBER BANDS 

No IB. I lb. Bell No. 3B. 3 lb. Bell 

No. 28. 2 lb. Bell No. 48. 4 lb. Bell 

No. 58. 5 lb. Bell 





Savage Bar Bell 

Model S 



Especially designed by 
Dr Watson L. Savage. 



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Has large pear shaped ends, with a flexible hickorjf shaft !^ -inch in diameter, producing a vibratory exercise 
•similar to that obtained with the f^rench wand. 



Spalding Ash Bar Bells O 



^^^ No. 2. Selected material, highly polished, 
"'^'**' 3 feet long. 



Spalding Calisthenic Wand 



No. 4. 4>^ feet long. 1 inch diameter. Black linisK, 



Spalding School Wand 

No. 3. 3)2 feet long. Straight grain maple, black finish. 

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Model, material and finish as perfect as the most complete and up-to- 
date factory can make them 
NATURAL COLOR. LATHE POLISHED. HIGH FINISH 
Spalding Gold Medal Indian Clubs are made of selected 
first grade clear maple, in two popular models and are perfect 
in balance. Each club bears fac-simile of the Spalding 
Gold Medal. Each pair is wrapped in paper bag. 
Model E — Weights specified are for each club 



% lb. Pair, 



2 lb. 

3 lb. 



Pair. 



Model B — Weights specified are for each club 



lb. Pair. 
% lb. " 
I lb. " 



l%lb. Pair. 

2 lb. " 

3 lb. " 



Spalding 
.Mas-fe Indian Cl^bs 

STAINED FINISH 

The following clubs bear our Trade-Mark, are made of good 

material, and are far superior in shape and finish to the best 

clubs of other makes. Furnished in two popular models. 

Each pair wrapped in paper bag. 

Model ES — Weights specified are for each club 



h lb. Pair, 
% lb. 
1 lb. " 


iJglb. Pair. 

2 lb. " 

3 lb. " 


Model BS- 


-Weights specified are for each club 


%lb. Pair, 
% lb. 
1 lb. 


1%lb. Pair. 

2 lb. " 

3 lb. " 



Handsomely finished in ebonite; 
forexhibition and stage purposes. 
The clubs are hollow, with large 
body, and although extremely 
light, represent a club weighing 
three pounds or more. 

No. A. Ebonite finish, $3.50 
No. AA. With German Silver 
Bands Pair, $5.00 



Dtiamfo Bell 

Made of 
Iron and 
Nicely 
Japanned 

No. l'^ ^» 

No.l. . . Pair, 

No. IM. Mounted on oak 

strips. Pr.. 25c. JC $2. 70 Doz. 




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Spalding Automatic Abdominal Masseur 

A Safe and Sure Cure for Constipation and Other Kindred Ailments 

Usefwl for treatment of constipation, based upon the principle of muscular 
contraction (the force which nature uses). It effectually applies force in the same 
direction that nature does, and will gradually discard the use of cathartics. A few 
moments' use each night,before retiring.and in the moming.upon arising.is all that 
is necessary. Its action upon the liver and stomach is equally as prompt and effect- 
ive, £md derangements of these organs are speedily remedi ed Com plete $ 1 0.00 

N. E. cor. 15th and Locust Su.. Philadelphia, Pa. 
A. G. SPALDING & BROS. May 24, 1906. 

Gentlemen: I have used the Spaldini Automatic Abdominal Masseur 
in my practice for over fifteen years. I have found it of great benefit in 
chronic constipation and indigestion. Your improvement increases its value 
Very truly yours. WALTER A. FORD, M.D. 

Spalding Home Gymnasium Board 

A Complete Gymnasium for the Home on One Board Floor space required, 

3 ft. by 2 ft. Height, 8 ft. Floor board and staple plate only are attached 

permanently. - Upper board is held in position by pressure of guy rod and will 

not mar the wall in the slightest degree. 

Convenient, does not take up much room, is always ready, and is really the 
most compact, simplest and best arrangement for providing complete set 
of home exercising apparatus that has ever been devised. Consists of 
Board, with attachments for fastening to floor of room, 

so that walls need not be marred 

Spalding Abdominal Masseur 

No. PR. Spalding Adjustable Disk. Complete 

with Striking Bag 

No. 2. Spalding Chest Weight Machine, including 
pair of 5-lb. Dumb Bells 

Complete, all attached. 
Board itself will be furnished separately if desired. 

As the complete outfit is made up and carried in stock by us, 
equipped as noted above, we cannot supply board with different 






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Spalding Correctional Chest Exerciser 

No. W. To use this simple piece of apparatus simply stand squarely in front of 
it, grasping both handles firmly, then push forward, at the same time extending the 
hands so as to put the strain on the chest and shoulder muscles. Designed particu- 
larly to correct round shoulders and will benefit greatly young people especially, 
who are inclinedto stoop, aiding also in the development of an erect and graceful a ■ ' ^ 
figure. Attached with two screws to wall, door or other convenient place. Ea., $ 1 .50 f f i 

Spalding Bar Stall Bench Spalding Leather Covered Shot 

No. A. For abdominal massage. 
An iron ball, wound with electric 
tape and then covered with very 
soft, smooth grade of horsehide. 
6 or 8 lbs. weight. . Each, 

Spalding Bar Stalls 
No. 20H. Adapted for use in the home; compact, 
of simple construction, used for the greatest variety 
of movements affecting every part of the body, 
and especially abdomen and chest movements. 
Erected against wall, behind door, or any flat 
surface. 8 feet high, 36 inches wide and extends 
6 inches into room. Floor space required, 
I ft. by 2 'is ft. Height, 8 ft. Per section^ 





No. 205. Hard plne,~ strong 
and substantial. Top padded 
with hair felt, canvas covered. 
Preferable, for sanitary reasons 
that canvas be painted(a spe- 
cial elastic paint is used), unless 
specified, stock benches will be 
so fvupished. . Each, 



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Style B. 
Style A. 



Spe^Mliig' Els^stic "Exercisers 

No. 3. Spalding "Special" Elastic Exerciser, with 
chart of exercises and SpeJding Athletic Library, 
No. 29, "Pulley Weight Elxercises." Complete in 
box, with charts, door hinge attachment eind pack- 
age of hooks. Choice of heavy or medium cable. 
Improved in qucJity and finish. . Each, $5.00 
No. 1. Spedding "Standard" Elastic Exerciser, 
with a chart of exercises and Spalding Athletic 
Library, No. 29, "Pulley Weight Elxercises." Com- 
plete in box, with door hinge attachment and a 
package of hooks. Choice of either heavy orl 
medium cable. ....... Each, $3.Qi 

No. 0. SpaJding "Lively" Elastic Exerciser, with 
chart of exercises and Spalding Athletic Library, 
No. 29, "Pulley Weight Exercises." Complete in 
box, with door hinge attachment cmd package of 
hooks. Choice of heavy or medium cable. 

Each, $2.00 

EXTRA CABLES 

Complete with Swivel Ends, for Spalding Elastic Exerciser* 

Cables are packed each in individual tubes, convenient for 
handling or mailing. This also keeps the rubber from the 
light and air. If not specified, nudium tension will be sent. 
Cable only, for No. 3, Elastic Elxerciser. Heavy or medium tension. 
Cable only, for No. 1, Elastic Elxerciser. Heavy or medium tension 
Cable only, for No. 0, Exerciser. Either heavy or medium tension. 





Each, $2.50 
. " 1.50 
. " 1.25 




Spalding 

Wrist 

Maclhines 




No. HP. Formed of five 
cords of heavy elastic, dur- 
■able in queJity. Has two 
handles, one at each end, 
and strength may be varied 
by using with different num- 
bers of cords. .A. very ben- 
^eficicil etfticle of exercise. 

Each. $1.50 



Spalding Elastic 
Home Exerciser 

No Pulleys 

It is readily attached to 
door frame, window 
casing or any conve- 
nient place in room, is 
absolutely noiseless, 
takes very little space, 
and can be quickly re- 
movedwhen not in use. 
No. IH. Heavy Tension Elastic. 
Each, $1.00 
No.2M. Medium Tension Elas- 
tic Each, 85c. 

No. 3L. Light Tension Elastic. 
Each. 70c. 




Strengthens and 
develops fingers, 
hands, wrists, 
arm and forearm. 
Cures cramps 
and stiffness of 
joints. 
No. 1. Elastic 
cord, wood han- 
dle. Each, 25c. 
No. 2. Elastic 
cord, cork han- 
dle. Each, 50c. 
No. 3. Metal 
^rings, wood 
handle. Ea..25c< 




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SFAILBENQ 
PATENT SOLID STRIKING BAG DlSIiS 

A striking bag disk must be substantial 
if it is to be of use, and in the two 
styles, both adjustable and braced, 
which we list, this feature has not 
been neglected, while we have striven 
to put out a disk which is 
suitable for home use and 
moderate in price. 
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Adjustable Style 



No. CR. Patent adjusta- 
ble style. Complete, 
without Bag. 




Patented 
April 19, 1904 



No. FR. Wall 
^^ braced style. 

f\ff^ Complete, with- 
out Bag.- 



PALDING 
m PL.ATFOIRM 

Can be put up in a very small space and taken dov^rn 
quickly when not in use by simply detaching the pipe fixture 
from the wall plate. The metal disk against which the 
bag strikes constitutes one of the best features ever incor- 
porated in an arrangement of this character, rendering it 
almost noiseless and very quick in action. This disk also 
combines an adjustable feature that is simple to operate and 
makes it possible for various members of the family to use 
the same disk. 

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A very popular piece of exercis- 
ing apparatus, consisting of an 
inflated figure covered with 
heavy brown canvas, mounted 
on a hidden steel frame, and 
fastened (removably) to a heavy 
bowl shaped iron base. Trains 
the eye, keeps the mind occu- 
pied, and will bring into play 
the muscles actually needing 
development for everyday use. A number of persons, by 
standing in a circle, may use the one dummy. 
No. 1. Full size dummy, for men's use. . . Each, $50.00 
No. 2. Medium size dummy, for boys up to 16 years, and for 

ladies' use Each, $25.00 

No. 3. Small size dummy, for young boys and 
girls Each, $15.00 

Ruslblb©s= Bladders 

No. 1-0. Full size to fit No. 1 dummy. Each, $6.00 
No.2-0. Medium size, to fit No. 2 

dummy Each, $5.50 

No. 3-0. Small size, to fit No. 3 dummy. 

Each, $5.00 



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Elquipment for Outdoor 
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Catalogue will be sent on 
request to interested parties. 
Correspondence is solicited 
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SPALDING MOME GYMNASIUM 

Combining Swinging Rings, Trapeze Stirrups and Swing 



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Anyv 

The apparatus 



pported by two 
strong screw-hooks in the ceiling, 
about eighteen inches apart. It can 
also be used out of doors. The straps 
are of extra strong webbing and 
adjustable to any desired height; 
rings heavily japcuined. The apparatus can be put up in any room, and removed 
in a moment, leaving only two hooks in the ceiling visible. The various combina- 
tions can be quickly and easily made. We furnish in addition, a board adjustable 



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InI<DSime 

Start with the boy by 
making him take some 
kind of exercise, and if 
he is not inclined to do 
so without urging, pro- 
vide him with suitable 
apparatus that is at the 
same time interesting. 
It -won't be long before 
you will see the effects 
in his improved phy- 
sique and no urging 
will be necessary to in- 
duce him to shovt' off 
his prowess on swingmg 
rings or trapeze. The 
boy that is started this 
way grows up with the 
inclination for athletic 
exercise that will keep 
him in good health during 
the balance of his life. 



to the stirrups, which forms 
an excellent swing. 
No. 1. Complete, ready to 
put up. 



SFAILPIMG 
ADJUSTABILE ' 
TRAPEZE AMP 

R2HGS 

Furnished complete; everything' 
necessary for suspending. The 
supports are made of extra strong 
webbing. Perfectly safe under 
all conditions, and with the ad- 
justable buckle, may be adapted 
to any ceiling from 1 6 feet down. 

No. 201. Trapeze. 

No. 301. Complete, with 6-inch 

Japanned Swinging Rings. 




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■Xnkle Brace. Skate 
Ankle Supporter 
Athletic Library 
Attachments. 

Chest Weight 



Caddy 
Sinking 
Skate 
Balls- 
Base 
Basket 

Field Hockey 
Fool. College 
Foot, Rugby 
Foot, Soccer 
Coif 
Hand 
Hurley 
Indoor Base 

Medicine 

Playground 

Polo. Roller 

Polo, Water 

Push 

Squash 

Volley 
Ball Cleaner. Golf 
Bandages, Elastic 
Bar Bells 
Bar Stalls 
Bars- 
Horizontal 

Parallel 
Bases, Indoor 
Bats, Indoor 
Belts- 

Dastic 

Leather and Worsted 

Wrestling 
Bladders- 
Basket Ball 

Fighting Dummy 

Foot Ball 

Striking Bag 
Blades. Fencing 
Blankets, Foot Ball 



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Lacrosse 

Outing 

Skull 

University 

Water Polo 
Chest Weights 
Grde, Seven-Foot 
Clock Golf 
Collarette. Knitted 
Corks, Running 
Cross Bars, Vaulting 

Discus, Olympic 

Discs- 
Marking, Golf 
Rubber. Goli Shoe 

Disks, Sinking Bag 
.Dumb Bells 



Embl. 

En 

Ex 
Ela 
Ho. 



Felt Letters 

Fencing Sticks 

Fighting Dummies 

Finger Protection, Hockey 

Flags- 
College 
Marking. Golf 

Foils, Fencing 

Foot BalTs- 
Association 
College 
Rugbv 

Foot Ball Clothing 

Foot Ball Goal Nets 

Foot Ball Timer 



Fencing 

Golf - . 

Hand Ball 

Hockey, Field 

Hockey, Ice 

Lacrosse 
Goals- 
Basket Ball 

Foot Ball 

Hockey, Field 

Hockey, Ice 

Lacrosse 
Golf Clubs 
Golf Sundries 
Golfette 
Grips- 
Athletic 

Golf 
Gymnasium, Home 
-Gymnasium Board, Hon. 
Gymnasium, Home Outfits 



Hammers, Athletic 
Hangers for Dumb Bells 
Hangers for Indian Clubs 
Hats. University 
Head Harness 
Health Pull 
Hob Nails 
Hockey Pucks 
Hockey Sticks, Ice 
Hockey Sticks, Field 
Holder, Basket Ball, Canvas) 
Hole Cutter, Golf 
Hole Rim, Golf 
Horse, Vaulting 
Hurdles. Safety 
Hurley Sticks 



Indian Clubs 

Inflaters- 
Fool Ball 
Sinking Bag 



Jackets- 
Fencing 
Foot BaU 

Javelins 



Lace. Foot Ball 
Lacrosse Goods 
Ladies'- 



Gymnasium Shoes 
Gymnasium Suits 
Skates, Ice 
Skates, Roller 
Skating Shoes 
Snow Shoes 

Lanes for Sprints 

Leg Guards- 
Foot Ball 
Ice Hockey 

Leotards 

Letters- 
Embroidered 
Felt 

Liniment, "Mike Murphy" 

Masks- 
Fencing 
No.e 

Masseur. AfiJominaf 

Mattresses. Gymnasium 

Mattresses, Wrestling 

Megaphones 

Milts- 
Handball 
Striking Bag 

Moccasins 

Monograms 

Mouthpiece, Fool Ball 

Mufflers, Angora 



Needle, Lacing 

Nets- 
Basket Ball 
Golf Driving 
Volley Ball 

Numbers, Competilo 



bamois, Fe 



Pads- 
Cba 
Fooll 
Wrestling 

Paint, Golf 

Pants- 
Basket Ball 
Boys" Knee 
Fool Ball, College 
Foot Ball. Rugby 
Hockey. Ice 

Pennants. College 
Pistol. Starter's 
Plastrons. Fencing 

Plate-- 

Tce.ng. Golf 



'fattorms. Striking Bag 

Ski 

Vaulting 
Polo. Roller. Goods 
Protectors — 

Abdomen 

Eyeglass 

Finger, Field Hockey 

Indoor Base Ball 

Knee 

Thumb, Basket Ball 
Protection, Running Shoe 
Pucks. Hockey, Ice 
Push Ball 
Pushers, Chamois 

Quoits . 

Racks, Golf Ball 
Racquet, Squash 
FCapiers.- Fencing 
Referee's WhisJe 
Rings- 

EJtercising . 

Swinging 
Rowing Machines 



Sacks, for Sack Racin 
Saiidals, Snow Shoe 
Sandow Dumb Bells 
Scabbards, Skate 
Score Books- 
Basket Ball 
Shin Guards- 
As 



Ice Hockey 
Shirts- 
Athletic 
Rubber, Reducing 

ShoK^"^ 

Acrobatic 

Basket BaU 

Bowling 

Clog 

Fencing 
SKoes- 

Foot Ball, College 

Fool Ball, Rugby 

Foot B2ill, Soccer 

Golf 

Gymnasium 

Jumping 

Skating 
Snow 
Squash 
Street 

. Walking 

Shot- 
Athletic 
Indoor 
Massage 

Skates- 
Ice 
Roller 



Skate Bag 

Skate Keys 

Skate Rollers 

Skate Straps 

Skate Sundries 

Skis 

Snow Shoes 

Sprint Lanes 

Squash Goods 

Standards- 
Vaulting 
Volley BaU 

Straps^ 
For'Thfee-Legged Raca . 
Skate .^ 

Sticks, RoUer Polo 

Stockings 

Slop Boards 

Striking Bags 

Base Ball, Indoor 

Gymnasium, Ladie*' 

Soccer 

Swimming 

Water Polo 
Supporters — 

Ankle 

Wrist 
Suspensories 

Swivels, Striking Bag* 
Swords. Fencing 
Swords, Duelling 



Tackling Machine 

Take-Off Board 

Tape, Measuring, Ste«l 

Tees, Golf 

Tennis Posts, Indoor 

Tights- 
Full 

Full. Wrestling 
Hockey 

Toboggans 

Toboggan Cushiona 

Toe Boards 

Toques 

Trapeze. Adjustable 

Trapeze, Single 

Trousers— 

Y. M. C. A. 

Foot Ball 
Trunks- 
Velvet 
Worsted 



Base BaD. bdo 



Wands, Calisthenlc 
Watches, Stop 
Weights, 36-lb. 
WhisUes 

Wrestling Equipmea 
Wrist Machine* 



PBOMPT ATTENTION GIVEN TO I 

ANY COMMUNICATIONS 

ADDBESSED TO US 



A. G.SPALDING & BROS. 

STORES IN ALL LARGE CITIES 



^ricea In effect Juty 5, I9IS. Sukfecl to cJumgc wilhoul no&c Fo^nadJ^^lh!^^^^^C<wadian Catalogue. 




SFP 24 W13 



Standard Policy 



A Standard Qyality must be inseparably linked to a Standard Policy. 
Without a definite and Standard Mercantile Policy, it is impossible for a 
Manufacturer to long maintain a Standard Qyality. 

To market his goods through the jobber, a manufacturer must provide a 
profit for the jobber as well as for the retail dealer. To meet these conditions 
of Dual Profits, the manufacturer is obliged to set a proportionately high list 
price on his goods to the consumer. i , . 

To enable the glib salesman, when bookmg his orders, to figure out 
attractive profits to both the jobber and retailer, these high list prices are 
absolutely essential; but their real purpose will have been served when the 
manufacturer has secured his order from the jobber, and the jobber has secured 
his order from the retailer. , , ,. . r • i 

However, these deceptive high list prices are not fair to the consumer, who 
does not, and, in reality, is not ever expected to pay these fancy list prices. 

When the season opens for the sale of such goods, with their misleading 
but alluring high list prices, the retailer begins to realize his responsibilities, and 
grapples with the situation as best he can, by offering "special discounts," 
which vary with local trade conditions. 

Under this system of merchandising, the profits to both the manufacturer 
and the jobber are assured ; but as there is no stability maintained in the prices 
to the consumer, the keen competition amongst the local dealers invariably 
leads to a demoralized cutting of prices by which the profits of the retailer are 
practically eliminated. t'i . i i . • 

This demoralization always reacts on the manutar.turer. 1 he jobber insists 
on lower, and still lower, prices. The manufacturer, in his turn, meets this 
demand for the lowering of prices by the only way open to him, viz.: the cheap< 
ening and degrading of the quality of his product. 

The foregoing conditions became so intolerable that 14 years ago, in 1899, 
A. G. Spalding & Bros, determined to rectify this demoralization in the Athletic 
Goods Trad'^, and inaugurated what has since become known as "The Spalding 

The "Spalding Policy" eliminates the jobber entirely, so far as Spalding 
Goods are concerned, and the retail dealer secures the supply of Spa'ding 
Athletic Goods direct from the manufacturer by which the retail dealer is 
assured a fair, legitimate and certain profit jn all Spalding Athletic Goods, cuid 
the consumer is assured a Standard Qyality and is protected from imposition. 

The "Spalding Policy" is decidedly for the interest and protection of the 
users of Athletic Goods, and acts in two ways : 

First— The user is assured of genuine Official Standard Athletic Goods 
and the same prices to everybody. 

Second.— As manufacturers, we can proceed with confidence in 
purchasing at the proper time, the very best raw materials required 
in the manufacture of our various goods, well ahead of their 
respective seasons, and this enables us to provide the necessary 
quemtity and absolutely maintain the Spalding Standard of Qyality. 

All retail dealers handling Spalding Athletic Goods are requested to supply 
consumers at our regular printed catalogue prices-neither more nor less-the same 
prices that similar goods are sold for in our New York, Chicago and other stores. 

All Spalding dealers, as well as users of Spalding Athletic Goods, are treated 
exactly alike, and no special rebates or discrirninations are allowed to anyone. 

This briefly, is the "Spalding Policy," which has already been in successful 
operation for the past 14 years, and will be indefinitely continued. 

In other words, "The Spalding Policy" is a "square deal" for everybody. 

A. G. SPALDING & BROS. 



By (2A kd/i^^^^^^^^^ 



An article Uiat is universally given the appellation "Standard" is thereby 
conceded to be the criterion, to which are compared all other things of a similar 
nature. For instance, the Gold Dollar of the United States is the Standard unit 
of ciurency, because it must legally contain a specific proportion of pure gold, 
and the fact of its being Genuine is guaranteed by the Government Stamp 
thereon. As a protection to the users of this currency against counterfeiting and 
other tricks, considerable money is expended in maintaining a Secret Service 
Bureau of Elxperts. Under the law, citizen manufacturers must depend to a 
^eat extent upon Trade-Marks and similar devices to protect themselves against 
counterfeit products — without the aid of "Government Detectives'* or "Public 
Opinion" to assist them. 

Consequently the "Consumer's Protection" against misrepresentation and 
"inferior quality" rests entirely upon the integrity and responsibility of the 
"Manxifacturer." 

A. G. Spalding & Bros, have, by their rigorous attention to "Qyality," for 
thirty-seven years, caused their Trade-Mark to become known throughout 
the world as a Guarantee of Qyality as dependable In their field as the 
U, S. Currency is in its field. 

The necessity of upholding the Guarantee of the Spalding Trade-Mairk and 
maintaining lac Standard Qyality of their Athletic Goods, is, therefore, as obvi- 
ous as is the necessity of the Government in maintaining a Standard Currency. 

Thus each consumer is not only Insuring himself but also protecting other 
consumers when he assists a Reliable Manufacturer In upholding his Trade- 
Mark and all that it stands for. Therefore, we urge all users of our Athletic 
Goods to assist us In maintaining the Spalding Standard of Excellence, by 
insisting that our Trade-Mark be plainly stamped on all athletic goods which 
they buy, because without this precaution our best efforts towards maintaining 
Standzurd Qyality and preventing fraudulent substitution vn\l be ineffectual. 

Manufacturers of Standard Articles invariably suffer the reputation of being 
high-priced, and this sentiment Is fostered and emphasized by makers of 
"inferior goods," with whom low prices are the main consideration. 

A manufacturer of recognized Standard Goods, with a reputation to uphold 
and a guarantee to protect must necessarily have higher prices than a manufac- 
turer of cheap goods, whose idea of and basis of a claim for Standard Quality 
depends principally upon the eloquence of the salesman. 

We know from experience that there Is no quicksand more unstable than 
poverty in quality — and we avoid this quicksand by Stemdard Quality. 




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A separate book covers every Athletic Sport 

and is Official and Standard 

Price 10 cents each 



GRAND PRIZE 







GRAND PRIX 



s.,.^.,0. SPALDING ...rs,.oo 
ATHLETIC GOODS 

ARE THE STANDARD OF THE WORLD 



A. G. Spalding ® Bros. 

MAINTAIN WHOLESALE and RETAIL STORES in the FOLLOWING CITIES. 
NEW YORK CHICAGO ST. LOUIS 

BOSTON MILWAUKEE KANSAS CITY 

PHILADELPHIA DETROIT SAN FRANCISCO 

NEWARK CINCINNATI LOSANGEf-^' 

BUFFALO CLEVELAND SEATTLE 

SYRACUSE COLUMBUS MINNEAPOLIS 

ROCHESTER INDIANAPOLIS ST. PAUL 

BALTIMORE PITTSBURGH DENVER 

WASHINGTON ATLANTA DALLAS 



LONDON, ENGLAND "^ M P w OR 

LI VE RPOOL. ENGLAND mo^ttppa 

BIRMINGHAM, ENGLAND Vniornl 

MANCHESTER, ENGLAND „" , 

EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND PAl 

GLASGOW, SCOTLAND SYDNEY. 

Factories oswned and operated I>y A.C.Spaldirtf & Bros, and w^ 

Trode-Markcx/ Athletic Goods are made are located in the i 



LOUISVILLE 

NEW ORLEANS. 
MONTREAL, CANADA 
TORONTO, CANADA 
PARIS, FRANCE 
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA 

I: Bros, and wAere ell of Spa/dinjli 



NEW YORK CHICAGO SAN TRANCISCO CHOtCOPEE. MASS« 
BROOKLYJN BOSTOX PHIUjUPELPHjA^ IjONDON^ENga. 



